It's that time of year again. Dad and I will be performing our civic duty and working the primary election as poll workers. That means we'll be gone all day tomorrow (that's from 6 AM to at least 9 PM). Please go easy on mom and Mary while we're gone

THE POLLS ARE OPEN! That's what my dad shouts out promptly at 7 AM. Small lull in voters right now, and I've got a wifi connection here. Sadly, I can't log into my email, so I won't be able to respond to any email until tomorrow I'll check around the club as time allows.

In a primary election you choose the ballot of one party, and vote to select that party's candidate for the general election. As an example, before the 2008 Presidential election, Barack Obama won the Democratic Party primaries over Hillary Clinton, Dennis Kucinich, and several others; John McCain defeated fellow Republicans such as Fred Thompson & Ron Paul. Obama & McCain then ran against each other in the general election.

Mike; in order to be more responsive to our members and efficient in our operations, the moderators have already filled out a grievance form on your behalf and placed it in the appropriate bin file where it will be dealt with fully and appropriately. No further time or effort is required of you. We know you have more important things to do, so we have taken it upon ourselves to accomplish this arduous task on your behalf. You may wish to spend this extra time that has been afforded to you at our convenient gift shop. Thanks for submitting your grievance; and enjoy your evening!

I can't believe how tired my old bones are from election day. We didn't roll in until after 10 pm, and the closing procedure was not without stress. Primary elections are always more difficult than general elections. Sorry folks, but I'm only in for a couple of hours today, I need some recuperation time - "see" you here tomorrow.